Written by Eka Nozadze and Erekle Shubitidze for Georgia Today. Originally posted at https://georgiatoday.ge/forest-fires-and-climate-change-in-georgia-potential-ways-forward/
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the global pandemic, have diverted the world’s attention, and in general put climate change and the green economy onto the back burner of the political agenda.
“Je dors à l’air libre, je n’ai pas eu suffisamment de feuille pour finir ma maison… C’est très dur pour moi.” Cet après-midi-là, le soleil a son zénith, Monique range délicatement les feuilles coupées en forêt. La jeune femme, la quarantaine amorcée, nous annonce, qu’elle “va vendre ces feuilles dans les jours à venir afin d’acheter du riz pour nourrir sa petite famille.” Mais pour obtenir ces feuilles, principal moyen de subsistance, la pygmée Bagyeli a dû parcourir des centaines de kilomètre car elles sont devenues rares.
Summaries and selected replays from the 3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum are available below. Full replays of the plenary sessions will be posted shortly -- check back soon!
Instruments like the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) are "voluntary", i.e., legally non-binding. These instruments are intended to have a direct influence on the governance of the tenure practice of states by providing an internationally recognized set of principles, and by simultaneously encouraging good practices.
Source: Lecho.be
Par: Esmeralada de Belgique, activiste de l'environnement
Les peuples indigènes du Brésil voient leur environnement disparaître sous leurs yeux. En important des ressources issues du déboisement de terres protégées, la Belgique s'en rend complice.
About 350 land actors from government, academia, civil society and business came together from more than 15 states and outside India to discuss and debate various land issues. In more than 30 sessions, about 150 speakers and panelists deliberated over 3 days around interdisciplinary land-conversations to generate important information and evidence for policy, practice and academics.
Ten important land messages that emerge from these land conversations are:
Date: 1 novembre 2019
Source: Fance 24
Par : Patrick FANDIO | Guy Marie BANDOLO | Michel MVONDO | Simon BATOUM
In the last 15 years, Paraguay lost a greater share of its forest than almost any other country on Earth. While soy farming once drove deforestation in the east, the focus of Paraguay's forest loss has since moved west to the low-lying, thorn-forested Chaco, where cattle ranching has claimed over 3.7 million hectares (9 million acres) of forest for pastureland – an area about the size of the Netherlands – between 2001 and 2015.
